THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
As it stared down from space, this long metal arm crept out from the dark, hundreds of miles long, moving slow and careful, like a kid trying not to get caught with their hand in the cookie jar.
Sarah Miller saw it first. She let her jar of sourdough slip from her hands, the glass shattering in the golden dirt of the floating city. “It’s a harvester,” she whispered. Her voice shook. “The Foundation isn’t just a company, June. It’s a kitchen. And we’re what’s for dinner.”
The Hook: The White Silence
June felt it instantly. Not fire, not cold—something worse. The quiet was so deep her ears ached. Down below, New York’s streets were packed, but nobody moved. Thousands of people, frozen. Their e